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Wallaroo and Moonta mines and smelters, Yorke's [sic] Peninsula, South Australia. History, nature and methods.
A detailed account of the large scale copper mining and processing operations occurring in the 'Copper Triangle' region of South Australia in the few years following the end of the First World War. The included metrics and pictorial coverage of many...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1921
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RB 79/00150 Evaluation of gold tailings and slimes, Government Stamp Battery, Peterborough.
Tonnages and gold content of tailings and slimes stockpiled at the Government Stamp Battery at Peterborough were calculated from hand auger drilling and mining return records. The amount of recoverable gold was determined by mineralogical and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 89/00079 Mongolata Gold Battery. Historical review and summary of ore treated and gold recovered, 1923-1954.
From commencement of crushing operations in March 1933 until its closure in March 1954, the South Australian State Government battery at Mongolata Goldfield crushed a total of 7600 tonnes of ore for a recovery of 318.25 kg of gold bullion via onsite...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1989
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RB 91/00086 Mineral occurrences of the YARDEA 1:250 000 map sheet area.
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Published: 01 Sep 1991
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RB 91/00089 Mineral occurrences of the GAIRDNER 1:250 000 map sheet area.
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Published: 01 Sep 1991
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RB 89/00044 Mineral resources of the Kapunda District Council area.
Kapunda DC is underlain by folded Adelaidean and Cambrian metasediments which host important mineral deposits in the area. An estimated 15 million tonnes of ore averaging 1.2% copper remains near the Kapunda mine, with potential for further...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1989
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Tarcoola. Data release in lieu of a 25% second partial surrender at licence renewal : progress and annual reports for the period 7/12/1990 to 20/4/2003. [ Index Part 1 of 4 ].
The abstract for this Envelope is contained (in three parts) as separately indexed records, due to SAMREF database system individual record data size limits presently applicable.-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Kainton, Melton and Paskeville (the Melton Project). Joint annual reports for the period 27/8/2007 to 26/8/2019.
Exploration for possible buried sandstone-hosted uranium mineralisation which could have formed within early Tertiary palaeochannel sediments of the northern Saint Vincent Basin is being carried out in a small area near Kainton on north-eastern Yorke...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Kangaroo Dam (part of the Mount Woods JV Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 19/10/2005 to 6/11/2010. [ Index Part 2 of 2 ].
During the first year of renewed tenure under EL 3445, the work done consisted of performing diamond and RC drilling programmes which were partly funded by PIRSA's PACE Initiative as Theme 2, Year 2 and 3 approved Drilling Collaboration Projects. The...-
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Carappee Hill. Data release made in lieu of submitting a licence second partial surrender report : annual reports for the period 10/10/1995 to 16/10/2003.
Palaeoproterozoic metasediments of the Hutchison Group, and Lincoln Complex granitoids, were the targets of exploration for gold, base metals and granite dimension stone in an area 40 km south of Kimba. Initial calcrete sampling indicated that...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Ardrossan, Minlaton and Ardrossan coast areas (the Pine Point Project). Joint annual reports for the period 2/8/2008 to 1/8/2014.
Rex Mineral’s ('Rex') primary objective in the Pine Point Project area is to determine the potential for economic basement-hosted iron oxide - associated copper-gold mineralisation such as that found at Olympic Dam, Prominent Hill, Ernest Henry and...-
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Lake Torrens South, Beda Arm and Carrapateena Arm (latterly the Lake Torrens Joint Venture Project). Annual reports (singular and combined) to licences' respective expiry/renewal, for the period 21/2/1996 to 7/1/2008.
Economic Olympic Dam style iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) mineralisation has been the target of exploration carried out in three adjoining areas which together extend for about 55 to 170 km north of Port Augusta, covering southern Lake...-
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Wilcherry Hill. Drilling at the Weednanna Au-Fe deposit, an exploration model for gold deposits formed in the southern Gawler Craton. Collaborative drilling and research final report, Project ADI RD02-265 [Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 2, 2022].
Between 8 August and 6 October 2021, six inclined, rotary mud precollared diamond cored holes (21WDDH001 to 006) totalling 1560.6 m were drilled at the Weednanna gold and iron deposit located ~40 km north of Kimba on northern Eyre Peninsula, as part...-
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Tarcoola Gold Project scoping study (Draft copy).
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Published: 01 Jan 1988
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Teetulpa Goldfield. Progress report on the 1987 systematic bulk alluvial testing programme.
EXPLORATION: Systematic bulk testing of costean samples taken along exposed alluvial channels, by treatment in a wet jig plant. RESULTS: Economic to sub-economic gold values were confirmed as remaining in Brady's, Strawbridge and Deep Gully alluvial...-
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Mount Magnificent. First progress report to licence expiry/cancellation, for the period 28/9/1988 to 27/3/1989.
TARGET: Possible epigenetic vein-hosted gold and mercury in the Mount Compass area. EXPLORATION: Geological field reconnaissance; 16 underground and surface rock chip grab samples were collected at abandoned old workings and along surface traverses....-
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[Structural geology and tectonics research]. Applying the modified stress / strain ellipsoid to the Adelaide Geosyncline / Nackara Arc.
This report describes a case study aiming to explain the structural styles of tectonic features present in the Adelaide Fold Belt and its marginal zones, through analysing the observable products of interactions via relative motions between identified...-
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Warrina North, Warrina South, Mount Brady, Yarrabolina Hill, Mount Woods and Kangaroo Dam (the Mount Woods JV Project). Joint annual reports [on JV partners' independent exploration programmes] for the period 1/5/2010 to 31/1/2017.
During the 2011-2012 project reporting period, exploration activities within the Mount Woods Project area which were conducted by OZL primarily targeted IOCG style mineralisation. Work included: · a continuation of office-based target generation and...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Boolooroo Goldfield and Kate Hill. Joint annual reports for the period 2/1/2009 to 8/2/2019.
Two adjoining licence areas located ~ 40 km north-east of Leigh Creek township, in the ranges lying immediately east of the Telford coal basin, are being explored for possible economic occurrences of marble rock which are believed to hold enormous...-
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Structural studies of the Tarcoola gold deposit.
An investigation of tectonic controls of gold mineralisation in quartz veins at Tarcoola recommended the further study of : - brecciated zones (in which reefs and veins exhibit an increased gold concentration) to establish their structural...-
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